The proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline (also known as the Kinder Morgan pipeline) is a controversial issue in British Columbia. This information page provides a brief background and ...

Gender justice was a focus at the UN Summit on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) last week in New York. A promise was made to address the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) ...

COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong says she has a plan to stop "renovictions" in Vancouver. "Renoviction" refers to when landlords evict residents to renovate and then raise rents. “Under the current ...

“We can fool ourselves, but we can’t fool the atmosphere.” — Sierra Club BC Science Advisor Dr. Colin Campbell. The claim that our BC Government is pursuing a lower-carbon economy is challenged by ...

Hartley Bay, a tiny northern B.C. village, feels like a place from another era. In this village of under 200 people, no SUVs or highways are to be seen -- only boats and quads rolling gently on wooden ...

Khelsilem, Councilor and spokesperson for the Squamish Nation, one of the Nations involved in a legal challenge against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion, urged the Canadian government to "..

Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything, synthesizes much that environmentalists have been warning about the social, environmental, political consequences of climate change. Her thesis ...

AC/DC, one of Australia's best known bands, delivered their first live show in Vancouver for the first time in six years. Front-men Angus Young and Brian Johnson, both in their sixties, showed no sign ...

Compared to overcoming his personal struggles, Michael Desrochers of PainPRO Therapeutics thinks building a million dollar health and wellness business is actually easy. How did serial entrepreneurs ...

There was a sharp intake of breath across Vancouver when veteran journalist Laura Robinson's bombshell article about former VANOC CEO John Furlong hit the Georgia Straight last week. Robinson alleged ...

Tourism Vancouver is looking for a new CEO. Do you have what it takes to bring the world to Vancouver's doorstep? The first thing you'll need is a passion for the Lower Mainland. There's more to the ...